About Miele vacuum cleaners

Miele is a German company which designs and manufactures a massive range of domestic appliances to suit the needs of every family. Founded by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann way back in 1899, the company now has a turnover of over €3 billion and employs 17,660 people worldwide, with over 10,000 of those people working in Germany. Miele started off manufacturing cream separators and began with just eleven employees; within a decade the company had adapted their technology to begin building domestic washing machines, and in the 1930s the company brought out its first vacuum cleaner. Miele continued to expand in the 70s and 80s into kitchen appliances and other devices, but its vacuum range remains one of its strong suits.

Miele’s vacuum cleaner range consists of cylinder barrel models, upright vacuums and even robotic vacuum cleaners. Most of Miele’s vacuum cleaners are bag-based models, with compact designs and a large range of accessories. Miele also fit their vacuums with AirClean filters, which filter the exhaust air for fine particulate matter to leave it even cleaner than the surrounding room air.

Some of Miele’s vacuum cleaner innovations

1955: The new Miele vacuum cleaner, called President S, is created to tackle the current trend for having more carpeting in the home. But thanks to a thread catcher and an adjustable bristle strip, it is also suitable for more than just carpet. President S has a new three-way nozzle and a modern plastic casing.

1971: Miele gives the vacuum cleaner a revolutionary facelift with high suction power that is electronically-controlled.

2004: New light and manoeuvrable vacuums, including cordless models, make Miele even more popular.

What our survey respondents say about Miele vacuum cleaners

Canstar Blue’s most recent survey of just over 1,200 consumers who had purchased purchased a new vacuum cleaner within the past 3 years garnered the following comments, among many others, from customers of Miele:

Good price, works very well, easy to use, extra-long power cord, very quiet.

It only came with a bag, should have at least a box.

Very good suction, and great build quality.

They don’t have re-usable bags, and the bags are expensive.

Beautiful piece of machinery.

The bristles get matted with hair and need a clean out regularly

Best vacuum cleaner ever!!! I got it at a very good price too.

The non-turbo brush is difficult to move across carpets. Replacement bags are reasonably costly.

Efficient, stylish, thorough, powerful, well designed and made. Excellent quality.

No extra handle on the side of barrel and you have to pick it up from the top and it’s very heavy to use .

Other vacuum cleaner brands we surveyed

Canstar Blue commissions Colmar Brunton to regularly survey 3,000 Australian consumers across a range of categories to measure and track customer satisfaction. The outcomes reported are the results from customers within the survey group who have purchased a new vacuum cleaner within the past 3 years – in this case, 1,211 Australians.